"The Mistress" is poised to become this year's biggest Filipino movie so far as it surpassed the P100 million mark at the local box office only in 5 days!

Based from Box Office Mojo’s report for the September 12 to 16, 2012 opening period, the Star Cinema romantic drama “The Mistress” starring John Lloyd Cruz and Bea Alonzo has raked-in a whopping P106 million on its first 5 days of screening. This is the biggest opening gross for a Filipino film this year (2012) and second highest 5-day opening in history. Last year’s “Praybeyt Benjamin” still holds the biggest opening record of P110 million.

Here’s the Philippine box office tally for the opening period of September 12 to 16, 2012 according to Box Office Mojo (premiering movies are highlighted in yellow):

TW	LW	Movie	Weekend Gross	Gross-to-Date	Week
1	N	The Mistress (2012)	106,273,381 PHP	106,273,381 PHP	1
2	N	Resident Evil: Retribution	64,030,053 PhP	64,030,053 PhP	1
3	4	Possessions	1500628 PhP	19,232,521 PhP	3
4	6	The Raid: Redemption	1,220,158 PhP	4743908 PhP	2
5	1	The Watch	998,698 PhP	11,074,169 PhP	2
6	3	Total Recall (2012)	956,991 PhP	61,086,899 PhP	4
7	7	ParaNorman	652,942 PhP	3,066,417 PhP	2
8	9	The Campaign	146,346 PhP	9,365,956 PhP	3
9	16	The Dark Knight Rises	126732 PhP	218,159,951 PHP	9
10	11	The Bourne Legacy	65,864 PhP	200,266,433 PHP	6
11	15	The Amazing Spider-Man	62,561 PhP	339,142,869 PHP	12
12	14	Diary of a Wimpy Kid: Dog Days	4,997 PhP	9,585,971 PhP	5

HIGHEST-GROSSING FILMS IN THE PHILIPPINES FOR 2012
(As of September 18, 2012)

1. Marvel’s The Avengers – P641.1-M
2. The Amazing Spider-Man – P341.4-M
3. The Dark Knight Rises – P223-M
4. The Bourne Legacy – P202.1-M *
5. UnOfficially Yours – P157.25-M
6. Wrath of the Titans – P145.94-M
7. The Hunger Games – P140-M
8. Kimmy Dora and the Temple of Kiyeme – P133-33-M
9. Men in Black 3 – P132.67-M
10. Battleship – P122.59-M

HIGHEST-GROSSING PINOY MOVIES FOR 2012 SO FAR
(As of September 18, 2012)

1. UnOfficially Yours – P157.25-M
2. Kimmy Dora and the Temple of Kiyeme – P133.33-M
3. The Mistress – P106-M *
4. The Healing – P104.6-M
5. The Reunion – P68.1-M
6. Moron 5 and the Crying Lady – P64.6-M
7. Born to Love You – P52.37-M
8. Corazon Ang Unang Aswang – P51.39-M
9. Every Breath U Take – P50.2-M
10. The Mommy Returns – P30.6-M

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11. Boy Pick-Up: The Movie – P25.37-M
12. Amorosa: The Revenge – P25.2-M *
13. A Mother’s Story – P24.81-M
14. My Cactus Heart – P23-M
15. My Kontrabida Girl – P13.1-M
16. I Do Bidoo Bidoo – P12.84-M
17. The Witness – P8.6-M
18. Just One Summer – P6.15-M
19. Hitman – P4.96-M
20. Bwakaw – P1.55-M *

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21. Captive – P1.11-M *
22. Mga Mumunting Lihim – P774,349.00

All figures are from Box Office Mojo